Cloth-feeding attachment for tentering-machines.



G. P. GBGBNHEIMER.

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APPLIOA'HOH LSD JULY 33. 100B Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

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' ing at Lawrence in the county of Essex and toss-11gb andzexpeditious wa 1 State 0f isses usetts, have invented certain new-and useful Improvements in (high-- Feeding Attachments for entering aohmes; and I do declare the to o to be a fulholear, and exact description o the inthe, art to 1 h hese and'other objects inview, the.

inventionoonsists o; certain novel features of oonstruction, combination and arr 'ement of parts as wiJlbe described and particularly a PQmted out in the appended claims.

- In the accompanying drawing, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Figure -1 is a. front elevetion thereof' Fig. 2 is an end l'evatio of the same; and

In carrying outmv invention, II -preferably .arran e, inconnection yvith what. are termed feloth ,tentonn maohmes. opposed rolls, 1

said bearing being provided witheirouler openings for that purpose, endseidshafts being intergeared', as at 6 and 7, one of saidshafts being extended and so ported upon a bracket, 8, suitabl .supgaorte :upon the side of the to rail 9 o the nt'ering machine.

A The rd s, 1 and'2, are spirali or oblichuely ribbed or 'grooved,w as at"1 with ham reeves 'or'ribs. extending in reverse direcions and' which rolls are geared, as above noted, .to travel or rotate in an o posits direction to the movement of the old has it isbeing'fe'd to the tentering machine. Said rolls are arranged so as to enga e andreceive between then 'the lateral orse vage; edgesof the cloth for removing%- turned portions thereo co'ntrollm in a stre' t and smooth manner to the cloth tentering machine, the cloth initially passing fllieclfleation nineteen Patent Awllestian met my sauna. emu n. erases.-

s a vertical sectional view produced .on e line 3--3 of.Fig. 1.. suitab y and 2,.whose s afts, .3 and 4, pass ithron'gh': and-sire suitably supported inia bearing, 5,.

wrinkles therein or thus providing for the suitable feeding of the cloth whic the cloth is paesed'andfrom thence to the, tentermg. meohlne.- Said r gdnven b the trictionel contact of. therewit The'shaft or roll, 1 'l, is ed mth a wheeler pulley; l2,-encompessedlb e belt, 13, also ga i a P r; uses shaftpf the roll, 1, for imparting the re 'ired rotation to therolls 1 and 2, said rolls geing rapidly driven in suitably feeding the cloth as i fi 'ii f h h f e eff gor.support,5 ort es ats 3 and 4, a i e rolls, 1 and 2, has a. downward: extension, or arm, 15, heving en opezn'n 1'6, therethm'u h, i'ecei a holding m5 adjust be t, 17, suita 1y arranged for its eflectrve retention in place, said bolt easing through an. upstanding inner end of a flat support 18mounted for 10' tudinal adjustment upon the top rail 9o the tentenng maehinemnd held' 'at the proper'. adjiistrnent b' retention screws 18?, extending through a ongitudinal slot 18 in 'theblidyof the support'and screwing into the rail. Thep contrivance is to-provi efor theverying of pressure u on the cloth passing between the; rollsfl an 2, as oecasionfmay require been" 5,-being{mowable or adjustable by loosening its holding bolt, 17, and again tightenii iisaidflbolt, as will be readily understood,- a e bracket, 8 recei the shaft, 3, is also adapted; to e aeobfingl movedor ediusted with the adjnstmentor movement of the bearing, 5, said bracket h'a "a slot,l9, therein receiving its holdbo t. or. fastening, 20-, for that'purpose. above noted,- by means of the aforesaid .att'a'ehment all manual assistance or labor is dis ensed within eflecting the-feeding of.

has. heretofore "been impracticable, such feeding having been eifeoted by -manual' and in other instances re um'og two or ii to help for that purpose, t as redue" expause and labor in feeding the clot as stated, and simpliiying the operation thereof.

Fromthe foregging description, taken in connection-with t theconstruetion and operation of the m;-

requiring a. more extended explanations r Various changes inthe ,form, proportion ear 18fforme at the one of the aforesaid,

said

assistance, in pstancesrequiring one be e accompanying drawing,

vention will be readily understood witbm'it,

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over'a roll, 11, suitablm 014 3181 lfl lim 'oonti ons to there ,,1 and '2, letween" -the c othto the tentering machine, which: n

and the minor details of construction maybe reso'rted to Without departing from the ;principle or sacrificing an of the advanta cs ofthe invention as defin d in the appended claims.

;.While I have shown and described my attachment as used in connection with-a cloth tenterinfi machine, it is evident that it may be use in connection with any ma chine where it is desirable to kee the lateral or selvage edges of the cloti perfectly smooth or 'free of wrinkles or upturned portions;

a bearing for said shafts, a pulley on one oi" the shafts, an additional pulley belted to the atfg'esaidpulley, the first referred to pulley being carried by a roll driven by frictional contact of the cloth therewith. fed between the aforesaid rolls.

2. A device ofjthe character described,

comprising opposed ribbed or grooved rolls having their shafts intergcared, an adjust.- able unitary bracket or bearing for said shafts, and an. additional bracket receiving an extension of one of said shafts and adjustably held in position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set m hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES I GEGENHEIMER.

Witnesses:

WALTER F. HAToH, HAHOLDW. Care 

